Climate Adaptation Planning Climate Resilience Webinar Series U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disclaimer • This presentation is intended to provide communities and states with the tools and information to help in climate resilience planning and activities. • Information presented in this webinar is independent of the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC). While we expect that this information will be useful to interested communities and eligible applicants, it should not be construed as the definitive word on any singular approach to resilience . • No NOFA NDRC questions will answered during this presentation. • All NOFA NDRC questions should be sent to: resilientrecovery@hud.gov 2
Presenters • Presenters • Brian Holland, ICLEI • Jessica Grannis, Georgetown Climate Center • Megan Susman, U.S. EPA • Karen Helbrecht, FEMA 3
Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Climate Adaptation Planning Overview 3. State and Local Best Practices 4. Sustainable Communities and Climate Adaptation Planning 5. Hazard Mitigation Plans 6. Questions 4
Overview of Adaptation Concepts 5
ICLEI Mission 6
ICLEI Adaptation Program 7
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Climate Adaptation/Preparedness Defined 10
Resilience Defined 11
Five Milestones of Climate Preparedness 12
Status of Adaptation Planning 13
Approach to Plan Development 14
Communities Integrating Climate Change into Local Mitigation Plans 15
Resilient Communities for America Campaign 16
Signatories 17
Fundamental Concepts in Climate Adaptation 18
Initiating an Adaptation Process 19
Milestone 1: Vulnerability Assessment 20
Components of Vulnerability 21
Assessing Exposure 22
Assessing Sensitivity 23
Assessing Adaptive Capacity 24
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Risk Assessments 26
Planning 27
Additional Resources 28
Best Practices from the State and Local Level 29
State and local plans
State adaptation progress tracker 31
State adaptation progress tracker 32
State adaptation plan: California 33
State planning to local action: Cal-Adapt 34
State planning to local action California Planning Guidance 35
Regional adaptation planning: South East Florida 36
Mainstreaming adaptation: Broward County’s Comprehensive Plan • Elevate buildings for SLR • Design buildings to be more resilient to extreme storms • Reevaluate zoning • Consider SLR in public investment decisions 37
Local adaptation planning: Denver, CO • Buildings and Energy • Health • Land Use & Transport • Natural Resources • Water • Food and Ag 38
Local adaptation planning: Denver, CO – short term actions 39
Mainstreaming adaptation: Baltimore’s Hazard Mitigation Plan 40
Mainstreaming adaptation: Boston’s adaptation checklist 41
Mainstreaming adaptation: San Francisco’s Capital Improvement Planning Source: Climate Central 42
Where to mainstream in state plans • Hazard Mitigation Plans • Transportation Plans • State Wildlife Action Plans • Drought Plans • Emergency Response Plans • Economic Development Plans 43
Where to mainstream in local plans • Land Use Plans (e.g., comprehensive plan) • Hazard Mitigation Plans • Transportation Plans • Capital Improvement Plans • Emergency Preparedness Plans • Water Management Plans • Urban Forestry Plans • Extreme Heat Plans 44
What makes a good plan • Implementable actions • Specified actors • Timelines for action • Progress reports • Post-implementation monitoring 45
Landing Page Features 46
Resources Georgetown Climate website Adaptation Clearing House website 47
Sustainable Communities and Climate Adaptation U.S. EPA Office of Sustainable Communities 48
Sustainable Communities • Smart growth • Compact, walkable, mixed-use communities with a variety of housing and transportation choices • Green building • Energy and water efficiency, renewable energy, environmentally preferable building materials and specifications, waste and toxics reduction, indoor air quality, site selection 49
Sustainable Communities and Climate Adaptation Vulnerable populations (low income, elderly, children, chronically ill, overburdened, and minority) need particular attention. • Direct new development away from particularly vulnerable areas and toward safer areas that are well-connected to existing communities. • Build compact, mixed-use, mixed-income development in safer places. • Offer safe, appealing, affordable transportation options. • Build water- and energy-efficient structures and neighborhoods. 50
Sustainable Communities Strategies Might Help Overcome Political Obstacles to Climate Adaptation • “No regrets” strategies – bring multiple short- and long-term benefits regardless of extent of climate impacts – improve everyday life • Can often both reduce GHG and prepare for climate change • Fiscally responsible; save people money • Can help communities prepare for economic changes as well • Can often be tied to regular community processes (e.g., regular zoning or building code updates) • Development on the ground now will shape community for decades to come 51
Sustainable Communities Strategies for Climate Adaptation First step: Vulnerability assessment to determine risks, which provides a baseline to consider and prioritize actions • Discourage new development in particularly vulnerable areas. • Protect people and assets in vulnerable areas. • Encourage sustainable growth in appropriate, less-vulnerable areas. 52
From Using Smart Growth Strategies to Create More Resilient Communities in the Washington, D.C., Region (EPA 2013) 53
Discourage New Development in Particularly Vulnerable Areas • Evaluate development incentives provided in particularly vulnerable areas • Adopt protective regulations • Direct development away from particularly vulnerable areas on individual sites • Adopt or adapt a purchase or transfer of development rights program • Establish a fund to acquire or protect land in particularly vulnerable areas 54
Protect People and Assets in Vulnerable Areas • Improve stormwater management approaches • Adapt zoning and building codes to evolving risks • Create special districts to fund retrofits and upgrades for public buildings and infrastructure Photo courtesy of Arlington County • Identify and address transportation system vulnerabilities • Implement heat island reduction strategies • Streamline and fund the relocation process 55
Encourage Sustainable Growth in Appropriate, Less-Vulnerable Areas • Promote compact, mixed-use development • Promote infill development in appropriate locations • Remove roadblocks to appropriate development • Adopt green, complete streets design standards • Update building code requirements • Incorporate passive survivability into new and existing projects 56
Green and Complete Street Techniques Decatur Street, Edmonston, MD Trees to shade street and capture Streetlight with and slow rainfall LED lighting Rain garden to capture, absorb, and Sidewalk filter stormwater with curb cut to release filtered stormwater to sewer Bike lane with pervious paving 57
How to Implement Green and Complete Streets Techniques • Adopt street design guidelines that include green infrastructure and amenities for bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit users. • Adopt a Complete Streets policy. • Pilot programs to show benefits and educate people. 58
Passive Survivability and Green Building Techniques White roof to Langston Brown School and Operable windows reduce heat Community Center, Arlington, VA for ventilation island effect LEED Silver, 2003 Two 11,000- gallon cisterns Solar collect shades rainwater for block sun nonpotable in summer uses but allow it in in winter In a walkable neighborhood on several bus lines 59
How to Implement Passive Survivability Techniques • Prioritize buildings such as police and fire stations, critical infrastructure support facilities, hospitals, schools, and buildings designated as emergency shelters. • Encourage or require passive survivability techniques through the building code, particularly in places that are more vulnerable to service outages. • Offer technical assistance, education, and incentives for privately owned buildings. 60
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